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Blackness
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 A view of houses in the village of Blackness | |
  Blackness Location within the Falkirk council area | |
| Population | 135 [2] (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | NT051800 |
| • Edinburgh | 13.4 mi (21.6 km) SE |
| • London | 341 mi (549 km) SSE |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LINLITHGOW |
| Postcode district | EH49 |
| Dialling code | 01506 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| Website | falkirk.gov.uk |
Blackness is a small village and harbour at Blackness Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth in Scotland.[3] It lies 3.4 mi (5.5 km) east-southeast of Bo'ness, 5.0 mi (8.0 km) west-northwest of South Queensferry and 3.8 mi (6.1 km) north-east of Linlithgow, within the council area of Falkirk. It was formerly part of the historic county of West Lothian.
At the 2001 Census Blackness was reported as having a population of around 135 residents.[2]
- ^ Blackness entry in Am Faclair Beag Retrieved 29 March 2023
- ^ a b No 3 - 2001 Census Population of settlements and wards Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-17
- ^ Munro, David (2006). Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins. p. 73. ISBN 9780004724669.